# Movie scenes recalled by a single word **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 18, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112 "2025-01-18T17:51:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/421 "2025-01-30T05:16:44Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > _twenty-two_ I don’t think anyone is going to get the second answer, so I’ll just reveal it. In _The Sting_, Johnny Hooker blows all of his money by placing a bet on a fixed roulette wheel. It comes up 22, a clear reference to _Casablanca_. ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/422 "2025-01-30T05:31:04Z")
Verbal Kint, his infamous stroll on the sidewalk @ the end of _The Usual Suspects_? ‘‘Limp’’ would be better 4that one word clue tho’ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/423 "2025-01-30T05:57:16Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I don’t think anyone is going to get the second answer, so I’ll just reveal it. In _The Sting_, Johnny Hooker blows all of his money by placing a bet on a fixed roulette wheel. It comes up 22, a clear reference to _Casablanca_ And here I was thinking _“That’s some catch, that Catch…”_ ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/424 "2025-01-30T06:00:37Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > And here I was thinking _“That’s some catch, that Catch…”_ There (, there. There, there.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/425 "2025-01-30T07:51:34Z")
Personally I immediately thought of this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ld35lMnFQ10/hqdefault.jpg "I love lamp - Anchorman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld35lMnFQ10) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/426 "2025-01-30T14:35:51Z")
The first scene that comes to my mind when I hear “leg” is NOT from a movie—it is the character from “Spongebob Squarepants” who always says “MY LEG!!!” when he is injured. (It is running gag on the show. I know that is NOT the scene the poster meant but I thought part of this post was a word association game of what scene we might recall with a single word ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/427 "2025-01-30T15:16:03Z")
‘Leg’ made me think of _Jaws_, when the guy rowing the dinghy trying to warn the boys swimming in the sea is dispatched by the shark. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/428 "2025-01-30T15:37:29Z")
Correctemundo. Balthazar. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/429 "2025-01-30T16:23:30Z")
“Leg” could also bring too mind _King’s Row_. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/430 "2025-01-30T17:23:23Z")
Is “Correctemundo” a new word, or is a previous guess correct? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/431 "2025-01-31T02:47:29Z")
Density ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/432 "2025-01-31T02:55:40Z")
Back To The Future, with George McFly! [https://youtu.be/PqKmb7SSpTE?si=IjFs1oIRkZKFxvbP\](https://youtu.be/PqKmb7SSpTE?si=IjFs1oIRkZKFxvbP%5C) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/433 "2025-01-31T03:07:08Z")
Wow! That was fast. ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/434 "2025-01-31T03:14:17Z")
It was in my density 🤓 ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/435 "2025-01-31T03:21:01Z")
😁 Applebee’s ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/436 "2025-01-31T03:26:45Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Is “Correctemundo” a new word, or is a previous guess correct? I said it upthread and at first I got the impression @The_Other_Waldo_Pepper thought it was a new clue, with the answer being ‘Pulp Fiction’. Speaking for myself, I was just saying it to be cool, like the Fonz. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/437 "2025-01-31T03:29:05Z")
I thought so, but it sounded like it could also be from a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/438 "2025-02-13T20:07:49Z")
Sedagive?! ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/439 "2025-02-13T20:11:28Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Do we know if minor’s “leg” post was also from _A Christmas Story_? Was there any doubt? 😀 ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112/440 "2025-02-14T01:17:40Z")
I guess not. 😁 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-scenes-recalled-by-a-single-word/1013112.md?page=23)